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Mr Gordons ailments are more troublesome than
dangerous but they are liable to be tedious and obstinate
and are not to be [removed?] recovered but by a great deal of
pains for some length of time

His diet mustt be of a middle kind and mixed of
Animal & Vegetable food. Every day at Dinner he should take
meat but it should be of the lighter kinds avoiding all very
fat meats & all baked & fried. He should take fish seldom,
always sparingly & only of the lighter kinds. A great part
of his meal every day should be of Vegetables or pudding and
if his appetite is very good he should always begin it with
broth, but when he is liable to any pain of his stomach
he must be sparing both of broth & Vegetables. ----

At Dinner his drink should be plain Water avoiding
Malt liquor of all kinds but after dinner he should like two
or three glasses of wine or Punch. He should go no further at
any time than three or four glasses & if he goes no [farther?]
His wine may be of any kind he likes best but I would pre¬
fer Claret to any other when he is liable to pains or wind in
his Stomach His Punch should be without sowring.

At Supper he should take no flesh or fish of any kind nor
even an Egg but let it be of any kind of Milk meat he plea¬
ses or of any grain without Milk Vegetables alone are too cold
for him

At Breakfast he must take neither tea nor Coffee: Water
Gruel, Bread & Milk, or an Egg may be proper and he may take
[Weal?] Weak Chocolate or Cocoa tea.

Mr Gordon should avoid sitting late at night & should rather
get up early in the morning at least he must carefully
avoid soaking or lying along abed after his sound sleep is away

He should be much in the fresh air on foot or on horseback
but his Exercise should be very moderate & avoiding any degree

In about a month after this he should go to Peterhead
and take the ordinary Course of these waters with bathing
in the Sea for two months.

After he returns from there he should continue Col
Cold bathing during the whole winter and should every day
take a glass or two of Hartfell Spaw an hour or two before
dinner.

Till he goes to Peterhead he should take every day
before breakfast dinner and Supper two of the streng¬
thening Pills ordered on the other Paper apart washing
them down with a little water - ---

When he goes to Peterhead these Pills are to be
let alone but after he [retunns?] returns he should take
them during the whole winter taking them for a fort¬
night together and intermitting a month betwixt each
Course: